List of governors of New Hampshire
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This is a list of governors of New Hampshire, in the United States.
List of governors[change | change source]
The last of the colonial governors of New Hampshire fled in 1775.
- Parties
Democratic Federalist Democratic-Republican National Republican Whig Republican Know Nothing
# | Image | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Notes |
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Meshech Weare | June 15, 1776 | June 1, 1785 | Independent | |
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John Langdon | June 1, 1785 | June 7, 1786 | Independent | |
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John Sullivan | June 7, 1786 | June 4, 1788 | Federalist | |
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John Langdon | June 4, 1788 | January 22, 1789 | Democratic-Republican | |
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John Sullivan | January 22, 1789 | June 5, 1790 | Federalist | [1] |
4 | ![]() |
Josiah Bartlett | June 5, 1790 | June 5, 1794 | Democratic-Republican | [source?] |
5 | ![]() |
John Taylor Gilman | June 5, 1794 | June 6, 1805 | Federalist | |
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John Langdon | June 6, 1805 | June 8, 1809 | Democratic-Republican | |
6 | ![]() |
Jeremiah Smith | June 8, 1809 | June 5, 1810 | Federalist | |
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John Langdon | June 5, 1810 | June 5, 1812 | Democratic-Republican | |
7 | ![]() |
William Plumer | June 5, 1812 | June 3, 1813 | Democratic-Republican | |
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John Taylor Gilman | June 3, 1813 | June 6, 1816 | Federalist | |
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William Plumer | June 6, 1816 | June 3, 1819 | Democratic-Republican | |
8 | ![]() |
Samuel Bell | June 3, 1819 | June 5, 1823 | Democratic-Republican | |
9 | ![]() |
Levi Woodbury | June 5, 1823 | June 3, 1824 | Democratic-Republican | |
10 | ![]() |
David L. Morril | June 3, 1824 | June 7, 1827 | Democratic-Republican | |
11 | ![]() |
Benjamin Pierce | June 7, 1827 | June 5, 1828 | Democratic-Republican | |
12 | ![]() |
John Bell | June 5, 1828 | June 4, 1829 | National Republican | |
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Benjamin Pierce | June 4, 1829 | June 3, 1830 | Democratic | |
13 | ![]() |
Matthew Harvey | June 3, 1830 | February 28, 1831 | Democratic | [2] |
— | ![]() |
Joseph M. Harper | February 28, 1831 | June 2, 1831 | Democratic | [3] |
14 | ![]() |
Samuel Dinsmoor | June 2, 1831 | June 5, 1834 | Democratic | |
15 | ![]() |
William Badger | June 5, 1834 | June 2, 1836 | Democratic | |
16 | ![]() |
Isaac Hill | June 2, 1836 | June 5, 1839 | Democratic | |
17 | ![]() |
John Page | June 5, 1839 | June 2, 1842 | Democratic | |
18 | ![]() |
Henry Hubbard | June 2, 1842 | June 6, 1844 | Democratic | |
19 | ![]() |
John H. Steele | June 6, 1844 | June 4, 1846 | Democratic | |
20 | ![]() |
Anthony Colby | June 4, 1846 | June 3, 1847 | Whig | |
21 | ![]() |
Jared W. Williams | June 3, 1847 | June 7, 1849 | Democratic | |
22 | ![]() |
Samuel Dinsmoor Jr. | June 7, 1849 | June 3, 1852 | Democratic | |
23 | ![]() |
Noah Martin | June 3, 1852 | June 8, 1854 | Democratic | |
24 | ![]() |
Nathaniel B. Baker | June 8, 1854 | June 7, 1855 | Democratic | |
25 | ![]() |
Ralph Metcalf | June 7, 1855 | June 4, 1857 | Know Nothing | |
26 | ![]() |
William Haile | June 4, 1857 | June 2, 1859 | Republican | |
27 | ![]() |
Ichabod Goodwin | June 2, 1859 | June 6, 1861 | Republican | |
28 | ![]() |
Nathaniel S. Berry | June 6, 1861 | June 3, 1863 | Republican | |
29 | ![]() |
Joseph A. Gilmore | June 3, 1863 | June 8, 1865 | Republican | |
30 | Frederick Smyth | June 8, 1865 | June 6, 1867 | Republican | ||
31 | ![]() |
Walter Harriman | June 6, 1867 | June 3, 1869 | Republican | |
32 | ![]() |
Onslow Stearns | June 3, 1869 | June 8, 1871 | Republican | |
33 | ![]() |
James A. Weston | June 8, 1871 | June 6, 1872 | Democratic | |
34 | ![]() |
Ezekiel A. Straw | June 6, 1872 | June 3, 1874 | Republican | |
(33) | ![]() |
James A. Weston | June 3, 1874 | June 10, 1875 | Democratic | |
35 | ![]() |
Person C. Cheney | June 10, 1875 | June 7, 1877 | Republican | |
36 | ![]() |
Benjamin F. Prescott | June 7, 1877 | June 5, 1879 | Republican | |
37 | ![]() |
Natt Head | June 5, 1879 | June 2, 1881 | Republican | |
38 | ![]() |
Charles H. Bell | June 2, 1881 | June 7, 1883 | Republican | |
39 | ![]() |
Samuel W. Hale | June 7, 1883 | June 4, 1885 | Republican | |
40 | ![]() |
Moody Currier | June 4, 1885 | June 2, 1887 | Republican | |
41 | ![]() |
Charles H. Sawyer | June 2, 1887 | June 6, 1889 | Republican | |
42 | ![]() |
David H. Goodell | June 6, 1889 | January 8, 1891 | Republican | |
43 | ![]() |
Hiram A. Tuttle | January 8, 1891 | January 5, 1893 | Republican | |
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John Butler Smith | January 5, 1893 | January 3, 1895 | Republican | |
45 | ![]() |
Charles A. Busiel | January 3, 1895 | January 7, 1897 | Republican | |
46 | ![]() |
George A. Ramsdell | January 7, 1897 | January 5, 1899 | Republican | |
47 | ![]() |
Frank W. Rollins | January 5, 1899 | January 3, 1901 | Republican | |
48 | ![]() |
Chester B. Jordan | January 3, 1901 | January 1, 1903 | Republican | |
49 | ![]() |
Nahum J. Bachelder | January 1, 1903 | January 5, 1905 | Republican | |
50 | ![]() |
John McLane | January 5, 1905 | January 3, 1907 | Republican | |
51 | ![]() |
Charles M. Floyd | January 3, 1907 | January 7, 1909 | Republican | |
52 | ![]() |
Henry B. Quinby | January 7, 1909 | January 5, 1911 | Republican | |
53 | ![]() |
Robert P. Bass | January 5, 1911 | January 2, 1913 | Republican | |
54 | ![]() |
Samuel D. Felker | January 2, 1913 | January 1, 1915 | Democratic | |
55 | ![]() |
Rolland H. Spaulding | January 1, 1915 | January 2, 1917 | Republican | |
56 | ![]() |
Henry W. Keyes | January 2, 1917 | January 6, 1919 | Republican | |
57 | ![]() |
John H. Bartlett | January 6, 1919 | January 6, 1921 | Republican | |
58 | ![]() |
Albert O. Brown | January 6, 1921 | January 4, 1923 | Republican | |
59 | ![]() |
Fred H. Brown | January 4, 1923 | January 1, 1925 | Democratic | |
60 | ![]() |
John Gilbert Winant | January 1, 1925 | January 6, 1927 | Republican | |
61 | ![]() |
Huntley N. Spaulding | January 6, 1927 | January 3, 1929 | Republican | |
62 | ![]() |
Charles W. Tobey | January 3, 1929 | January 1, 1931 | Republican | |
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John Gilbert Winant | January 1, 1931 | January 3, 1935 | Republican | |
63 | ![]() |
Styles Bridges | January 3, 1935 | January 7, 1937 | Republican | |
64 | ![]() |
Francis P. Murphy | January 7, 1937 | January 2, 1941 | Republican | |
65 | ![]() |
Robert O. Blood | January 2, 1941 | January 4, 1945 | Republican | |
66 | ![]() |
Charles M. Dale | January 4, 1945 | January 6, 1949 | Republican | |
67 | ![]() |
Sherman Adams | January 6, 1949 | January 1, 1953 | Republican | |
68 | ![]() |
Hugh Gregg | January 1, 1953 | January 6, 1955 | Republican | |
69 | ![]() |
Lane Dwinell | January 6, 1955 | January 1, 1959 | Republican | |
70 | ![]() |
Wesley Powell | January 1, 1959 | January 3, 1963 | Republican | |
71 | ![]() |
John W. King | January 3, 1963 | January 2, 1969 | Democratic | |
72 | ![]() |
Walter R. Peterson Jr. | January 2, 1969 | January 4, 1973 | Republican | |
73 | ![]() |
Meldrim Thomson Jr. | January 4, 1973 | January 4, 1979 | Republican | |
74 | ![]() |
Hugh J. Gallen | January 4, 1979 | December 29, 1982 | Democratic | [4] |
— | ![]() |
Vesta M. Roy | December 29, 1982 | January 6, 1983 | Republican | [4] |
75 | ![]() |
John H. Sununu | January 6, 1983 | January 4, 1989 | Republican | |
76 | ![]() |
Judd Gregg | January 4, 1989 | January 2, 1993 | Republican | [5][6] |
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Ralph D. Hough | January 2, 1993 | January 7, 1993 | Republican | [5][6] |
77 | ![]() |
Steve Merrill | January 7, 1993 | January 9, 1997 | Republican | |
78 | Jeanne Shaheen | January 9, 1997 | January 9, 2003 | Democratic | ||
79 | Craig Benson | January 9, 2003 | January 6, 2005 | Republican | ||
80 | ![]() |
John Lynch | January 6, 2005 | January 3, 2013 | Democratic | |
81 | ![]() |
Maggie Hassan | January 3, 2013 | January 2, 2017 | Democratic | [7] |
— | ![]() |
Chuck Morse | January 3, 2017 | January 5, 2017 | Republican | [7] |
82 | ![]() |
Chris Sununu | January 5, 2017 | present | Republican |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Resigned to take a seat in a federal court.
- ↑ Resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for New Hampshire.
- ↑ As president of the state senate, acted as governor for unexpired term.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hugh Gallen fell ill and yielded his powers to the president of the state senate, Vesta Roy; he died on December 29, 1982.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Judd Gregg resigned from the governorship on January 2, 1993 to take seat in the United States Senate; president of the state senate Ralph D. Hough served as acting governor until governor-elect Steve Merrill was sworn in January 7.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Soloman, Dave (December 15, 2016). "Hassan to resign as governor on Jan. 2, ahead of swearing-in as U.S. senator". New Hampshire Union Leader. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Maggie Hassan resigned from the governorship at the end of January 2, 2017, to take a seat in the United States Senate, twelve hours later. President of the state senate Chuck Morse became acting governor and served until January 5, 2017, when Governor-elect Chris Sununu took office.